ESG Climate Week NYC: TNFD releases final recommendations on nature-related issues Sep 19, 2023 By Noemi Distefano 3 min read The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has launched its final framework designed to address risks connected... Read More
ESG The week in GRC: Norway’s SWF tells boards to plan for climate transition and SEC’s Gensler declines to give timeline on climate risk rule Sep 15, 2023 By Ben Maiden 9 min read – The Financial Times (paywall) reported that a group of more than 70 attorneys and academics criticized what they call an... Read More
ESG Data quality biggest challenge to ESG investing, BNP Paribas finds Sep 11, 2023 By Tim Human 2 min read The quality of ESG data remains a major headache for investors as they try to incorporate sustainability issues into their... Read More
ESG Governance Matters podcast: As You Sow’s Danielle Fugere talks shareholder proposals, anti-ESG and Scope 3 disclosures Sep 07, 2023 By Ben Maiden 2 min read In the latest episode of the Governance Matters podcast, As You Sow president and chief counsel Danielle Fugere addresses... Read More
ESG Vanguard joins BlackRock in backing fewer ESG proposals in 2023 proxy season Sep 01, 2023 By Hemma Visavadia 2 min read Vanguard, like BlackRock, supported fewer ESG-related shareholder proposals during this year’s US proxy season. According to... Read More
ESG Lack of co-ordination harming investor engagement, survey finds Aug 23, 2023 By Tim Human 2 min read Investor engagement is suffering due to co-ordination issues at investment firms and the way ESG data is collected and processed... Read More
ESG Climate goals reported across multiple corporate sources, study finds Aug 22, 2023 By Garnet Roach 3 min read The vast majority (96 percent) of companies publish voluntary climate goals, data or metrics in their sustainability or CSR report... Read More
ESG RBC GAM reviews ESG trends from proxy season 2023 Aug 21, 2023 By Nureen Nagra 7 min read At RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), we believe proxy voting is an important part of our stewardship process, as it provides... Read More
ESG The week in GRC: Activision Blizzard and Kellogg join companies facing challenges over diversity efforts and study calls for taxing climate-polluting investments Aug 18, 2023 By Ben Maiden 7 min read – CNBC reported that PayPal’s board announced that the company’s new CEO will be Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the small... Read More
ESG CalSTRS: Mandatory GHG reporting may be here by year-end Aug 14, 2023 By Garnet Roach 3 min read CalSTRS, the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, says it expects greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions reporting to become... Read More